The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-09
COMMENT AND OPINION.

is to the people who have fairly bought and hon
| estly paid for it-New York World.
WHEN labor organizations strike at the press
they strike at the power which most surely pre-
vents tyranny and the oppression of working
meu-New York Tribune.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. if he goes to St Lou
is to attend the G. A. r. meeting, will break the
habit of q lifetime in this matter-a habit first
formed by him from 1861 to 1865. -Philadelphia
Press
REALLY we cannot credit the report that Mr..
Cleveland is trying to capture the Grand Army
of the Republic Even if he thought it could
be done he would most likely send substitute.
Philadelphia Press.
WHEN reputable papers send high -salaried
correspondents to Saranac to tell the country
that the Presidents hands are sunburned, jour
nastlc enterprise has reached its highest
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
GEN. B. F. BUTLER has declared that he is
ready to serve his State country only when
''some emergency comes forward" That ''emer-
gency," we believe. sidetracked in 1884,
and has not yet reached its destination. Brook
lyn Citizen.
If the sensitive gentlemen who are now so
disturbed about sectional issues will insure as
fair elections in the South held in New
England, they will never again be Mortified at
the appearance of the so-called "bloody shirt. I"
Boston Journal
Is = rust. the ex-convict who has been ap-
pointed to federal Office in Baltimore, the
'pubic Trust that Mr.. Cleveland used to men
ton so frequently in his campaign speeches and
lettersl Will some mugwump familiar with tho
situation inform usa-Milwaukee Sentinel.
IT is to the credit of the Republican party
that it has made no effort to conciiats the mug
wumps. To have done would have involved
the abandonment of what has come to be a party
principle-the doctrine of protection. Mug
wumpism and free trade are synonymous terms
in our politics to-day.-Dsnver Republica
LABOR agtators who labor only with their
jaws are getting good pay. Some of them are
capitalists already. through the contributions Of
hnn laho ThAv vii tn tato
long the honest laborers continue to pay them
for their services. Beware of the labor agitator
who never gets tired except in the mouth.-De
troit Tribune.
IT Is another point in favor of the sound good
sense of the Southern people that the Demo
Gratis of that section are making much less fuss
North. President Cleveland, who receives
anathemas in Indiana. and objurgations in news
paper offices in New York. for his course in
lation to the offices, finds only praise in the
South, a rule.-Boston Herald.
HoNoRs are about easy between the civilized
East and the wild West When highway rob-
berry can be committed with IMMUNITY in Central
Park. New York, and along some of the most
desirable residence streets of Philadelphia, the
successful robbing of express trains in Missouri
and Texas need scarcely be wondered at. The
police authorities, both East and West. should
rub their eyes open and ask Flanagan question.
Philadelphia Times.
THE senseless and discreditable discussion in
Grand Army circles over the invitation of Pres
probably being provoked by few people who
want to make themselves prominent through
their rabd opposition to the Presidents vetoes
of pension bills. Very few of the Grand Army
men will fail to recognize in Mr.. Cleveland the
President of the United States, and as such to
pay him the respect that is due him.-Philadel-
phia North American.
THE first duty of Republican leaders every
where is to make prominent the unifcation of
the party the living issues of the day to
subordinate factional struggles, and to en-
tighten the people to the Importance of pro-
tecting American industries and labor from
ruinous foreign competition. and of protecting
American homes from the Unreasonable evils
that flow from the growing ascendency of "the
saloon In politics" Candidates. wait, while
the party grows strong and harmonious.-New
York Mail and Express
WHILE the negroes enjoy equal rights with
white men, they are not yet wholly free. They
still. to great degree. under the denomina-
ton of political party that claims proprietary
interest in them, and IN their simplicity and
gratitude they imagine they owe something to
this party But their political servituds is rap
idly passing away They are becoming enamel
pated from the new masters into whose hands
they passed after their enfranchisement, aud
when this emancipation shall be complste they
will be abundantly able to take care OF them
selves. philadelphia Record